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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1834">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
pwd.h - password structure
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1835">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;pwd.h&gt;
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1836">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>&lt;pwd.h&gt;</i>
header provides a definition for
<b>struct passwd</b>,
which includes at least the following members:
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<code>
char    *pw_name   user's login name
uid_t    pw_uid    numerical user ID
gid_t    pw_gid    numerical group ID
char    *pw_dir    initial working directory
char    *pw_shell  program to use as shell
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The
<b>gid_t</b>
and
<b>uid_t</b>
types are defined as described in
<i><a href="systypes.h.html">&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</a></i>.
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The following are declared as functions and may also be defined
as macros.
Function prototypes must be provided for use with an ISO C
compiler.
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struct passwd *<a href="getpwnam.html">getpwnam</a>(const char *);
struct passwd *<a href="getpwuid.html">getpwuid</a>(uid_t);
int            <a href="getpwnam_r.html">getpwnam_r</a>(const char *, struct passwd *, char *,
                   size_t, struct passwd **);
int            <a href="getpwuid_r.html">getpwuid_r</a>(uid_t, struct passwd *, char *,
                   size_t, struct passwd **);
void           <a href="endpwent.html">endpwent</a>(void);
struct passwd *<a href="getpwent.html">getpwent</a>(void);
void           <a href="setpwent.html">setpwent</a>(void);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1837">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1838">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_007_1839">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="endpwent.html">endpwent()</a></i>,
<i><a href="getpwnam.html">getpwnam()</a></i>,
<i><a href="getpwuid.html">getpwuid()</a></i>,
<i><a href="getpwuid.html">getpwuid_r()</a></i>,
<i><a href="systypes.h.html">&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</a></i>.
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